Agnogenic myeloid metaplasia: A rare cause of ascites
Kuwait Medical Journal, cilt.46, sa.3, ss.253-255, 2014 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 46 Sayı: 3
- Basım Tarihi: 2014
- Dergi Adı: Kuwait Medical Journal
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.253-255
- Anahtar Kelimeler: clonal disorder, peritoneal hematopoiesis, ascites, splenectomy
- Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
A 65-year-old woman diagnosed with agnogenic myeloid metaplasia (AMM) was referred to our hospital due to complaints of ascites that developed two months after a splenectomy. The patient had massive ascites with a serum-ascites albumin gradient of 1.5. The ascites was transudative, assumed to have developed from peritoneal hematopoiesis during the course of portal hypertension that itself developed after splenectomy. To the best of our knowledge, no report in the literature has described a case diagnosed as AMM with ascites after splenectomy. Thus this report is the first case of AMM with ascites that developed two months after splenectomy.